Toonami Intro: Rurouni Kenshin

[BlasianChineseBoy]

I have this theme song on a CD somewhere, and I still don't know the name of it.

[johnny6187]

Damn.. what the hell is this theme called?

[girlofdavid]

@wintermoons1215 totally agree toonami was my place every time it was on if not I was recording it on my VHS lol ... Sigh the good ole days...Haha

[otakblitz]

@girlofdavid same here man i have 2 full years of toonami on vhs

[wintermoons1215]

for me Toonami WAS my intro into anime, a world of programing i've come to love. writing my own little fanfics about the stuff they were putting on Toonami was what got me into writing. Toonami sparked my creativity when i was young and anime in general has kept it going long after i stopped watching toonami. so thank you, original toonami, for introducing me to a world of programming that i love and for being a large part of my childhood.

[JinchuuX]

For those who LOVED Rurouni Kenshin like me, you should know that they are making a live action movie in Japan. With luck this will re-inspire interest in the show, allowing them to animate the FINAL arc that we never saw!

[muaddib107]

@JinchuuX that last arc was my favorite one out of the entire manga. the last fight got only a brief mention in the second OVA, which was a major limpdick.

[CausetheEffect]

LISTEN TO THAT BEAT! Batosai!

[wrdonerd]

I think I've watched this promo 10 times in the last hour....

[pittster57]

to all the DJ's out there, did you guys notice Tom's ship during this time looked a lot like a Headshell.

[david2742]

How could they think this show is bad for children it teaches them valuable life lessons the "kid friendly" shows teach kids that life is a happy and fair place we can't lie to our children like that they need to know that if you are a great swordsman you can kill all your enemies

[Woodrokiro]

Even now I think these commercials are badass... Oh Toonami. You weren't just a part of my childhood; you WERE my childhood.

P.S. Words can not express my love for you, Rurouni Kenshin <3

[S3r1alN0]

This show and Yu Yu Hakusho were my favourites! This intro sends chills down my spine, man, just like when I was a kid (: come back to us, Toonami !

[agalloway87]

Oh my god. Every time this bump used to play on TV, I'd get shivers. I still do now, watching it on YouTube. It's just so. Damn. Great. Long live Tom and The Absolution.

[Jetflare]

Anyone have an idea on what song is playing in the background?

[karenledford]

i miss toonami so much. watching shows like rurouni kenshin, gundam, dragonball z, yu yu hakasho. now cartoon network has turned into crap :(

[ZER0EATER]

This show was the shit. Ahh... the memories.

[superschema]

Ah nostalgia...

Just watching the Ruroni Kenshin intro gives me the bloodrush I remeber as a child.

Toonami was truly the greatest program to ever grace the cartoon network.

[TLdhAshley]

Rurouni Kenshin was [and still is to me] truly amazing.

[Shaunt1]

I remembered almost every word of this!

[Glugg2]

I remember the countless nights my friends and I would watch Toonami. Those were the days.

[dennisbergkamp17]

Wow I remember this. I feel grateful to have grown up with Toonami. The new generation of kids really missed out. I feel bad for them.

[keikoandgilly]

Agreed. I wish they make toonami its own channel.

[VenomProject]

Does anyone else even WATCH CartoonNetwork anymore?

I seriously stopped watching after they did away with Toonami...Then they tried to remake it with that Miguzi (spelling?) crap.

Now the only anime (what little of it is left) you'll find is on Adult Swim.

[waxyragy12]

i remember his...god i miss it

[bpoohed189]

amen brother

[mangacreator]

everyday smiles would come on my face everytime i saw this intro man i had an awesome childhood i feel sorry for the kids have to grow up with the crap shows

[Scorinitron]

Yeah man I know what you mean I remember watching Toonami every afternoon at 5:00pm to 7:00pm it was so so awesome I really wish toonami was back man the new CN can't compare to Toonami

[Blackdragon52k]

"If you want to taste the ground, feel free to attack me." That line was just amazingly epic. Toonami's promos were what made Toonami uniqe along with their shows

[Genoc1d3r]

I loved the old days with YuYu and Rurouni... I miss them.

[heicko2]

with out toonami cartoonnetwork looks like shit

[deatheart360]

Toonami had some good intro music too

[now11girl]

I miss this show - I really loved it - especially when Aoshi & Misao showed up.

[Dagon123]

Its Ironic that this show was the reason it was taken off, (yes thats right) according to Wiki and ANN , When Ruroni Kenshin aired, after awhile they had found it to be "Too Violent" even in edited form, and feared they had put too many violent shows on a quote unquote "Kid Network" so fearing "backlash" they pulled the Toonami block from Weekdays to Saturdays, the most fucked up part is, the ratings after Kenshin aired were some of the highest they had ever had, Toonami was robbed and cheated

[fdaslkdf]

Alot of this was also due to the head guy in charge. The first two helped build toonami into a powerhouse, everyone after that took it apart.

Maybe they wanted to "build a name for themselves" instead of only improving the creation of others (that being toonami).

It could of been intended sabotage. But we will never know the truth.

[ntanon]

what SONG is this!?!?!

i miss rurouni kenshin...its still my fav anime.

[kitsuneswordsman]

I swear to god, one day good ol' TOM and Toonami will come back!

[LightButDark575]

They might as well shut cartoon network down. After they booted toonami, that network completely went down the drain. Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Dragonball Z kept that network afloat.

[Choukorabu]

They should have kept toonami on weekdays, not just saturday. It started to die when it was sent to saturdays. The nail in the coffin was when they removed it.

[Reaiota]

Now that's an opening!

nothing on tv can compare to those good old days

[melonpany]

too bad we can't relive those times.

[animal90sFreak5]

Time machine please!

[mugshotesp]

One of the best intro's ever! Toonami was king, 60 million used to watch DBZ and CN was obliterating EVERYONE in the ratings. Might as well turn it into a more TV14 rated network again where it got fabulous ratings.

[SamplingMastersAZURE]

so true those were the good old days when watching cartoons meant something

[MrSoulreaper00]

RIP Toonami. You're gone but not forgotten. Hopefully someday someone else will pickup the mantle and restore you, so that we can watch you again and CN (I refuse to call them Cartoon network anymore just as I don't acknowledge MTV's name)will weep once they realize their mistake. Die CN you no longer deserve to broadcast your filth.

[ChocolatusPrime]

"If you want to taste the ground, feel free to attack me" One of the best lines ever

[DJDibbz007]

when you hear that you know you don't want to mess with this guy. lol.

[heicko2]

Toonami come home please

[Sheikah]

Man I never got to finish this show D:

[HaClosed]

Good times

[DawnT94]

Why must they torment us by removing toonami and taking all the good shows away!? Come back Kenshin, Tenchi & Dragonball Z!!! X`(

[hinatagirl282008]

man i miss toonami sooooo much. why the hell did they take it off the air!! what the hell! i mean why take off everything thats good and replace it with crap!

[yinyangdragonx]

anit that the million dollor question

[DONOTBEAHOMO]

It' s all about money to them..

[Altair718]

what the-how the hell did I miss this?!

[CapcomDevil214]

I miss this show!!):

[CapcomDevil214]

This show was bad ass!!!! I miss toonami

[19880215]

these were the good days of cartoon network.

[CCCheezus]

This intro was so fucking awesome.

[gumgum99]

I feel sorry for this new generation when it comes to shows like toonami. The only way to counter this is to do it ourselves.

[blackmariah22]

They're raping our generation in the face.

You know what! Fuck this shit! I'm going off the grid. Fuck the 21st century. They're taking away all the good stuff!

[BeowulfCav]

Fucking retards at Cartoon Network, fuck them for fucking up a solid gold Old Toonami.

[animeownage86]

Damm I'm 22 but I feel like 42 watching this. lol "Die Batosai!" I still remember that line.

[mbissant]

Kenshin was such a badass lol

[blackmariah22]

"Within every fiber of your being, you are truly a manslayer." The show had such good quotes. :D

Too bad Cartoon Network is run by a bunch of fucktards who don't understand what the OLD Toonami meant to us.

[MarHeavenAngel]

And then by really socking it to our face by canceling toonami all together! I swear....cartoon network became first on my hitlist!!!

[o0DrunkenLee0o]

Batosai the man-slayer, GOD i loved saying that!

[XxWestPopxX]

this was a very very very good show

[nevada11]

i remember this

[trueaway]

all the good shows on cartoon network r gone now toonami is gone. but seeing this brings back so much memories of the good old days...

[CaptainAmerica4Ever]

o man good memories come from this clip,such an amazing show!

[SPRINGS02]

what is the name of this beat?

[Misshumanoidtyphoon]

I really miss this show! Brings back memories, wonderful memories!

[KZNS0077]

Rurouni Kenshin, DBZ, yu yu hakasho, Gundam Wing,... I really miss those days. Time just seems to slip through your fingers.

[thelastshinigami1xxx]

Ahh sweat memories:)

[SamuraiNick123]

I miss kenshin, dont you?

[sourfacekid]

toonami has really fallen man that was my show back then

[xgxcxbx]

U know adult swim recently had this thing called oldschool night were they aired a whole lineup of there old shows. myabe cn should do the same thing?

[smashin]

One of toonami's best promos. "Every fiber of your being you are truely a man slayer" just sick

[TearGrants16]

Man, I so miss the good old days when I used to watch Rurouni Kenshin on toonami along with Cyborg 009, Yu Yu Hakusho and DBZ. Thanks for putting this up, this is the only thing left to remind me of the good times.

[zztopis]

I was in 6th grade when toonami aired this.

 R.I.P TOONAMI.

[haseo579]

hey i couldn't remember this but wasn't there a kid who had a wooden sword

[TayrynJaneway]

yeah, his name was Yahiko.

[NEJI835]

Rurouni Kenshin DBZ Sailor Moon yu yu hakasho was the best

[MikeTheDark001]

Anyone can remember the glory days of CartoonNetwork and toonami, every afternoon after school you come home sit on the couch and watch toonami till about 5, or 6 PM. Back when the Cell Saga on DBZ was pretty new, Rurouni was airing, so many great things about toonami and CN are gone now, removing a good ammount of CN's teen viewers, and replacing them with adult viewers with adult swim. Adult Swim is what began CN's decline in our hearts and eyes. what bull shit.

[Angelxonxthexwind]

I remember that!I would get so mad on tuesdays.....I had to miss my fave tv show(Rurouni Kenshin)for Girl Scouts.I loved Toonami.Best anime on tv.

[MikeTheDark001]

Cartoon network sucks now.

[ChromeFang]

so many memories... Toonami was awesome!

[Sea88Maiden]

Thanx sooo much 4 putting this up! God i miss the memories when they played stuff like DBZ,Sailormoon, tenchi...etc...

[ChrissyEE]

yo.. i bought the whole series and the manga volumes because of toonami....

brings tears to my eyes to see that cartoon network has gone gay...

i hardly watch tv anymore because of this disgusting change.

[Sea88Maiden]

Amen to that! All of CN, Nickelodeon, and Disney has gone gay!

[raiderboy012]

THANK YOU

[Weezy1900]

id shit my self if this ever came back to toonami, which wont ever happen because of the new pussy pricks that took over the network.

[dagmn]

They should really bring this show back... they'd probably get more ratings cause people want to see it so bad, and we'd all be entertained...

[badboi0717]

"Within every fiber of your being, you are truly a manslayer". Nostalgia's a seductive bitch, isnt she?

[Angelxonxthexwind]

Yes she is.

[Mazda6B6]

I bought a Katana b/c of this show.

[Mazda6B6]

YES!!!!

[sasukevsshiyamaru4]

When they added this It was awesome curse the new toonami

[Wingblaze17]

Man...I was in 8th grade when this came on toonami...Now i'm a freshmen in college...lulz wow man oh man the memories ^_^

[CalicoVall]

Cheers to Toonami and all the hours we wasted for it.T-T *raises glass of sake*

Kampai!!

[FIGHTINDREAM3R]

best anime ever made!

[BunnyCakes]

Yeah,it stopped around episode 60.

The next acr dealed with christianity & I heard that Cartoon Network didn't want to touch that so they stopped airing it.

I was really disappointed when I found that out.

It was a great show ;__;

[Angelxonxthexwind]

Eh,third arc in the anime wasn't so good.Really boring cause it was complete filler.But I hear third arc in the manga was kick ass.

[FetnerVideos]

Dang, I need to stop watching all the Toonami Videos, Intros, and Promos or Im gonna break down in tears. I mean, at least awesome shows like Trigun went to AS, but it would have been better for Toonami to spinoff a channel and pull in awesome shows like that in uncut versions, which is what Toonami needed to reach total perfection. Still, Toonami was amazing.

[ps2andxbox]

thats just what i was thinking

[rabbeseking]

Yeah, now Toonami suck ass though, long live the cool TOonami, the one we remember...

[KaguraImmortal]

This is such a sweet intro and one of my fave anime's. It sucks Toonami is ruined even worse ever seen meguzi? It's so bad! Far worse than the newer Toonami. I love that line "If you want to taste the ground feel free to attack me".

[ulquiorra1542]

that beat is still badass

[LegendSlayer79]

that was so sik, damn the current toonami...

guys go to cartoonnetwork and go to 'toonami jetstream' then feedback

Demand for these shows again!

[westregent66]

great show and great opening

[nebuwolves]

yu yu hakasho,rurouni kenshin,dragonball z and Ggundam were the best

[manupdrk]

the good old days..man i missed those.. Used to be happy to come home everyday from school just watch DBZ, Ruroni Kenshin, OutLaw Star, Yu Yu Hackusho, Gundam Wing (tho didn't really understand it), G or Z Gundam.

Those were the best shows, but no.. Naruto went and ruined it all.

[Bauttossai]

couldnt hav said it better myself ^^

[infinityliger]

do you remember zoids?

[AnimationSocietyTV]

Zoids was another classic

[jynxeroo]

Toonami went downhill the SECOND it started airing D.I.C.E

[albireostar01]

oh man that brings back memories...

[Angelxonxthexwind]

Oh man,this bring back the good ol' days of Toonami back when DBZ(not that I'm a fan),Yu Yu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin ruled the afterschool shows......then all this Naurto shit came in and left Toonami to gather dust.I want RK back,give me a reason to beg for CartoonNetwork.

[OokamiG]

the shows are still cool but OnePiece and fantastic four shouldnt be on there. Now i find myself waiting for Bobobo then waiting anxiously for Adult swim. i remember when i would almost cry when toonami ended. G Gundam was beutifull too. Toonami made my after schooldays, weekends.

[yamhouse]

the good ole days.

[guuchanthepig]

oh man I remember this. :D

[YelSeW79]

actually i dont think that that's cartoon network fault. I read that the anime was a failure / falling apart. It caught up to the manga too fast, there werent fillers to space it out so the last part never got animated

[AyashiNoCeres729]

yes, the anime is terrible compared to the manga. The last ten books aren't even animated and the fillers suck.

[joeroutt]

That is absolutely the creepiest thing ever when Jin-e whispers "Within every fiber of your being you are truly a manslayer." I got goosebumps!

[marinerzz1]

Toonami blows now. The best was when Toonami was on weekdays and SVES was on Saturday. But Toonami was still good on Saturday at first, it only went downhill when they added all the kiddie crap. I thought Miguzi was for kiddie crap, why do you want to infect Toonami too? Now you've got 4 hours of Toonami programming, and only 1 hour of that is decent shows that aren't reruns. Then Adult Swim has been sucking the fat one ever since they only showed anime non-reruns on Saturday. CN licks my hole!

[greengolfnut]

bring it back....

[Khari]

good times man now toonami sucks >_>

[cgsmith]

these were the good ones

[RurouniJessica]

Thank you for sharing the intro ^_^ *sighs* If only they didn't cancel the show.. XD!!

[lionheartkms]

I love this intro, love the backround music, where is it from?